Season 3 Episode Guide

Eileen wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, so the Stevenses are going to settle down in Washington, D.C., but first they must say goodbye to neighbors and friends. To help Ruby and Monique deal with her moving away, Ren decides to find them a new best friend. Also: Louis makes a video confessing his true feelings for Tawny; Steve leaves his job on really bad terms; and Donnie breaks the news to a grief-stricken Coach Tugnut (Jim Wise).

Louis and his friends find money, which they hand over for safekeeping to Ren. However, she's overwhelmed with the desire to splurge on high-priced pants. Singer Ivette Sosa of the five-member girl group Eden's Crush appears.

Louis and Ren are thrilled when Principal Wexler (George Anthony Bell) takes a break from school to try his luck as a model, that is, until they meet his replacement. Elsewhere, Donnie is confident of winning an arcade-game championship, as long as Beans is by his side.

With his parents away on vacation and his siblings in the company of friends, Louis turns the house into a bed-and-breakfast to make money for a snowboarding trip. Tawny: Margo Harshman. Twitty: A.J. Trauth. Beans: Steven Anthony Lawrence.

Ren undergoes an intense week of training with the school's track-and-field coach (guest star Phyllis Diller) in order to win a pole-vault event; and Louis stages a snowstorm in hopes of delaying his algebra exam.

Louis and Twitty attempt to win a free 72-ounce hamburger by consuming it in less than 30 minutes. The large ground-beef sandwich also catches the eye of a foreign exchange student assigned to Ren (Christy Carlson Romano). Donnie: Nick Spano. Eileen: Donna Pescow.

Steve unexpectedly supports Louis's latest get-rich-quick scheme, which has them tunneling beneath the house for treasure. Ren, meanwhile, grudgingly agrees to be tied to Larry for five days in an effort to end their rivalry; and Eileen finds the positives to having an emu in the house. Twitty: A.J. Trauth. Tom: Fred Meyers. Larry: Eric “Ty” Hodges. Miss Shannon: Mary Stein. Steve: Tom Virtue.

Ren and Ruby work at the “hottest” food spot in the mall, where their friendship is strained when one is promoted over the other. Also, Louis takes drum lessons from an aging rock and roller. Larry: Eric “Ty” Hodges. Denise: Raeven Larrymore Kelly. Hector: Marc Brandon Daniel. Twitty: A.J. Trauth. Ruby: Lauren Frost.

Louis and Tawny declare themselves an item after a chance kiss. But their romance gets off to a rocky start when Tawny's role in the school play calls for her to buss another boy. Coach Tugnut: Jim Wise. Tawny: Margo Harshman. Twitty: A.J. Trauth. Donnie: Nick Spano.

Premise: The popular misadventures of two junior-high siblings who are polar opposites: Ren is an academic dream, her brother Louis is a class clown. Set in Sacramento, where Ren and Louis's mother is a state senator.
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